Terry Deary

Want to know how to play gruesome games like Twisting the Cow? What the Scots used to do with burnt pigeon droppings? Whether you're glaikit, douce or peelie-wally? Find out the truth about William Wallace, the disgusting details of sick Scottish torture techniques, and how to terrify a tourist with gory Scottish ghost stories.

'Vile Victorians' gives the reader all the terrible truth about revolting events affecting everyone not so very long ago - from the vile Victorian queen herself, to some vicious Victorian villains.

Terry Deary presents the foul but fascinating story of humans, from brain-nibbling Neanderthals to terrified teenage soldiers in the twentieth-century.

Recounts foul, funny and fascinating facts about Viking invaders to Britain and the people they encountered there.

Light-hearted look at life in the time of the Celts.

Gives foul, funny and fascinating facts about life in Ancient Greece.

Takes a humorous look at the Second World War.

After 15 fearsome years on the page, 'Horrible Histories' are coming to the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact. In this book readers can discover which king had the worst blackheads, why some kings had to wear false beards, why the peasants were revolting, and much more.

A collection of puns and jokes from the Horrible Histories series .

The First World War was a war fought on a global scale: a war so terrible and deadly that they called it "the war to end all wars". From foot soldiers drowning in mud to fighter pilots being blown out of the sky, it was absolutely hideous from start to finish. So if you like your history horrible, this is the book for you! Find out: * What the 'Fat King' did with food scraps and dead horses * How sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas...